That old Java icon had a much bigger résumé than I gave it credit for.

Creating simple data classes in Java traditionally required substantial boilerplate code. Consider how we would represent Java’s mascots, Duke and Juggy: public class JavaMascot { private final String ...

An interview with Flavio Glock that takes as its starting point his brand new project, PerlOnJava, a native compiler that turns Perl into Java bytecode and runs it. We've interviewed Flavio a couple ...

Java provides resilience, security and performance and it can be more easily used with vibe coding, argues Azul Systems CEO ...

The world of compilers is vast and worthy of knowing. What makes it more interesting is knowing in-depth about it. A programmer very well knows that to execute any program, compilers are a must. From ...

Java compilers take center stage in this second article in the JVM performance optimization series. Eva Andreasson introduces the different breeds of compiler and compares performance results from ...

Can you elaborate on "native Perl compiler for the JVM"? Do you mean that it is part of and invokable by the JVM? Is that what enables Perl code to be executed from within Java applications? Yes, the ...